Stock Info & Dividend
Dividend per Share
At the Software AG Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 3, 2013, in Darmstadt, Germany, it was decided to pay out a dividend for fiscal 2012 in the amount of € 0.46 per share. The total payout sum for 2012 amounts to € 38.2 million.
We plan to maintain our stable, continuity-focused dividend policy in the future as well. The economic environment and our current liquidity requirements must also be taken into account, however.
Stock Info
| IPO: | 26 April 1999 |
| Issuing price: | € 30 per share (before 3-for-1 share split) |
| Type of Shares: | Bearer Shares |
| Number of shares outstanding: | 86,917,445 |
| listed on: | Frankfurt Stock Exchange |
| Segment: | Prime Standard |
| Index: | TecDAX |
| German Securities Code Number (WKN): | 330400 |
| ISIN: | DE 0003304002 |
| Symbol: | SOW |
| Reuters: | SOWG.DE |
| Bloomberg: | SOW GR |
Key Figures
| 2012
IFRS | 2011
IFRS | 2010
IFRS | 2009
IFRS | 2008
IFRS | 2007
IFRS | |
| Year's closing price (XETRA) in € * | 32.1 | 28.6 | 36.6 | 25.5 | 13.3 | 20.2 |
| Total number of shares at close of the fiscal year * | 86,917,445 | 86,827,845 | 85,330,806 | 86,125,230 | 85,916,526 | 85,618,365 |
| Market capitalization at close of the fiscal year in € millions | 2,790,9 | 2,483.3 | 3,123.1 | 2,193.3 | 1,145.6 | 1,728.6 |
| Dividend per share in € * | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.33 |
| Dividend yield in % ** | 1.43 | 1.61 | 1.18 | 1.51 | 2.75 | 1.65 |
| Earnings per share in € * | 1.90 | 2.05 | 2.06 | 1.64 | 1.35 | 1.04 |
| Price/Earnings ratio at the close of the fiscal year | 16.9 | 14.0 | 17.8 | 15.5 | 9.9 | 19.5 |
| Free cash flow per share at year end in € * | 1.97 | 2.18 | 2.56 | 2.19 | 1.55 | 0.96 |
| Year high * | 33.24 | 43.7 | 36.6 | 25.92 | 20.12 | 25.73 |
| Year low * | 22.03 | 22.3 | 24.92 | 11.59 | 9.83 | 16.71 |
* adjusted for 3-for-1 stock split (May 2011), rounded
** Based on year-end share price
